| 单词 | vicissitude |
| 释义 | vicissitude (once / 1701 pages) n When you talk of the vicissitudes of life, you're referring to the difficult times that we all go through: sickness, job loss, and other unwelcome episodes. No one can escape the vicissitudes of life. While vicissitude comes from the Latin vicis, which means "change" and technically can mean a change of any kind, you'll find that vicissitude is almost always used to talk about an unfortunate event or circumstance. Losing a pet, crashing the car, being called in for jury duty: these are examples of vicissitudes — chapters in one's life that one would rather avoid but must get through. Some lives have more vicissitudes than others, to be sure, but no life is without events that test and challenge us. WORD FAMILYvicissitude: vicissitudes USAGE EXAMPLESCatholic Charities enlisted Mr. Perry in a number of programs to help with the vicissitudes governing his young life. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) Alexandra Zapruder writes with passion and clarity about the vicissitudes of bearing a famous name without having been involved with its celebrity or notoriety. Washington Post(Nov 16, 2016) Many chicks still make it to adulthood but suffer seriously reduced body weights which leave them less able to withstand the vicissitudes of sea life. The Guardian(Oct 02, 2016) 1n a variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something the project was subject to the usual vicissitudes of exploratory research Hyper fluctuation, variation an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change 2n mutability in life or nature (especially successive alternation from one condition to another) Hyper mutability, mutableness the quality of being capable of mutation |
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